12And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?
13And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.
14So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
15Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
16And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
17So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
18And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
